Could Taking This OTC Pain Pill Daily Protect You From Cancer? The Surprising News for Everyone

Gals, I'm fascinated by a new--major--study from Oxford University researchers with some groundbreaking findings. We all want to protect ourselves from cancer, right? Well, they say they think they've found a simple, cheap and effective way everyone can do it...

Oxford researchers, who studied more than 25,000 people, say that a daily aspirin (anywhere between 75 mg to 500 mg a day) reduces the risk of dying of cancer by 21% after five years--and the benefits get even better from there with time. And, the risk of death from any cause was 10 percent lower among daily aspirin-takers, too.

The study notes that aspirin may protect against all kinds of cancer, including colon, esophageal, gastrointestinal, lung, brain, and pancreatic cancers.

While too much aspirin use has been linked to stomach issues and intestinal bleeding, low-dose aspirin, the study's authors say, may have great benefits for cancer prevention (and, as other studies note, prevention of cardiovascular disease).

I'm fascinated, you? But talk to your doctor before you start self-medicating (even with an OTC medication like aspirin). He or she may advise you to start pill popping, based on family history, or not, depending on potential drug interactions and other risk. In any case, it's definitely something to talk to your health care provider about--I sure will be!

Do you take aspirin for pain relief? Would you take a daily aspirin if it meant cancer prevention?